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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Then and Now: Public Health from 1900 to Today

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Throughout the 20th Century, the world has become a healthier place. By examining the public-health issues and diseases doctors faced during the 1900's, students will compare and contrast life from today vs. life in the 1900's. Their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's Off to Work We Go

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
  Students reenact what finding a job was like in the 1900's and model their actions after Milton Hershey.  In this history lesson, students create business cards, and conduct mock interviews for jobs that would have been predominate in...
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Lesson Plan
National First Ladies' Library

A Crippling Cough: Tuberculosis on a Rampage

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use problem solving skills to examine symptoms, causes, and treatment of tuberculosis in modern times and in early 1900s. Students read patient case, work in teams to diagnose illness, and conduct Internet research to confirm...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tour of Our Century

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students will research the politics, arts, social climate, technological and scientific advances of the 1900s. They will work in cooperative groups to identify the most significant advances of one decade then use a computer to create a...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The First Measured Century: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline provides a big picture view of historically significant people, events, and data from the twentieth century, also known as the First Measured Century.
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Graphic
Geffrye Museum

Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 20th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a modern 20th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common. Each image...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience : America 1900 : People & Events

For Students 9th - 10th
Browse famous people and events of the 1900s, including Susan B. Anthony, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and J.P. Morgan.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: America 1900: The Film & More

For Students 9th - 10th
The program transcript is organized into four chronological sections and the series introduction. Throughout the transcript are enhancements which give more information on that particular person or event. The four parts are: Introduction...